Bamboo and Plum Blossom

Bamboo and Plum Blossom

Bamboo and Plum Blossom

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Mei Yaochen (1002-1060)

A Rural Home Mei Yaochen

The cock crows three times; the sky is almost light. Someone's lined up bowls of rice, along with flasks of tea. Anxiously, the peasants rush to start the ploughing early, I pull aside the willow shutter and gaze at the morning stars.